Annunciator for cars.



' 11m55.539s. A PATENTED MAY 2s, 1907.

RJ B.' EUBANK, JB.

ANNUNGIATOR FOR GARS.

Prummel num JULY as. 1905.

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Y PATENTED MAY 28, 1907.

R. B. EUBANK, JB. ANNUNCIATOR FOR GARS.

APPLIOATION IILBD JULY 28, 1906.

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anneau n. EUBANK, amor' KANSAS cITY,' KANSAS, ASSIeNor., er manor ANDMnsNn ASSIGNMENTS, To THE EUBANK INDICATOR MANUFACTUR- ING COMPANY, ACORPORATION OF MISSOURI.

ANNUNCIATOR FOR CARS.'

Specification of Letters Patent.-

Patented May 28, 190'?.

.To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, REUBEN B. EUBANK,

Jr., a citizen of the United States, residing at ciators for cars, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements'inl annunciators for cars; and myobject is to produce an apparatus of this character for announcingstreet crossings or railway stations, the invention being equallyadaptable for use on street cars and passenger trains.

The inventionconsists of a phonograph for successively calling streetcrossings, or railway stations, a device containing the names of saidcrossings or stations, and means for operating the phonograph and saiddevice so that the names of the crossings may be simultaneously calledand displayed, or when desired the phonograph may be operatedindependently of the dis lay device, so that it will repeat a name W lethe display device remains inoperative.

n order that the invention may be fully understood, reference will nowbe made to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 shows alongitudinal section of a car provided with my invention. Fig. 2 is afront elevation of the display device forming part of said invention.Fig. 3 is a central vertical section of same taken on line III- Fig. 4is a transverse section of same taken on line IV-IV of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 isa sectional plan view taken on line V-V of Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is an enlargedside elevation partly broken away, showing the manner in which thephonograph and the display device are connected. Fig.' 7 is an enlargedbroken elevation of a portion of the ribbon containing the names of thestreet crossings, or railway stations.

In saiddrawings, 1 designates a phonograph of usual or preferredconstruction provided with a speakingtrumpet '2 and a motorshaft 3.

are arranged to repeat the name of each street- 4 designates aratchet-wheelrigidly mount- .crossing a suitable number of times andcall the name of the successive street-crossings, the spaces between theteeth of the ratchetwheel 4 being of sufficient length to permit thelongest name being called between the time of the disengagement of pawl5 from one of the teeth and its engagement with the following tooth, itbeing understood that the instant said pawlis disengaged from a tooththe motor will rotate the record until the operation of the'motor isstopped by the pawl engaging the following ratchet-tooth.

Pawl 5 has two terminals 6, 7, arranged at right-angles to each otherfor the reception of cables 8, 9, respectively, the former of whichpasses outwardly through the end of the car, thence downwardly over apulley 10 and terminates within convenient reach of the motorman, theterminal of said cable being provided with a handle 11.

The display device consists of a casing 12 and the ribbon carrying andcontrolling mechanism all of which is preferably arranged beneath thephonograph and its trumpet so thatthe apparatus will be compact and occupy but little space. The ribbon carrying mechanism consists of twospools 13, 14 and a pair of guide-rollers 15 which latter cause thevertical portion of the ribbon '15 to travel close to the glazed opening17 in the front side of the casing so that as the names `on lsaid ribbonsuccessively appear at the opening they may be easily read by the-passengers.

=Spool 13 is tubular in form and provided at its ends withratchet-wheels 18, normally engaged bythe bifurcated ends of a Y-shapedpawl 19 fulcrumed upon pins 20 and normally held in engagement with theratchetwheel by means of a spring Ql'pressing upwardly beneath itsrearwardly extending arm 221which projects through slot 23 in the rearwall of the casing.

Arm 22 is provided at its rear terminal with an eye 24 to which cable V9attached.

'.,Fromthe foregoing description it will be yunderstood that thephonograph and the dislay device may be Simultaneously operated bypulling on cable 9, or the phonograph may be operated alone by pullingon cable 8 Ribbon 16 is attached at its ends to spools- IOO 13-14E andis intermittently woundupon the y lorincr whcncvcr pawl lll isdiscngagcd from ratclict-whccl l5', thc nanns on thc rihhon srcurcd atonc cnd to said spool and at its op-K posilc cnd lo "a stationary shal't2li upon which thc spool is journalcd, said shal't hoing sccurcd at itscnds in tho sidos ol thc casing.

Spool ll is providcd at its cnds with llangcs '27 which, lil cratchct-whcols IS, arc largcr in dianictcr than thc spool in ordcr topropcrly guidoy thc. rihhon thoroon. Spool ll is rigidly niountod` upona shal't 2S journalcd in thc oppositc` sidos olthc casing and providcdat ono cnd with a crank 2.) all'ording` a ronvonicnt incans l'orrotating tho spool so that thc rihhon i'nay hc wound thoroon l'ronispool lil whcn thc. car roachcs thc ond ol a trip. ln ordcr lo krcp thcrihhon tant whilc it is hring unwound 'l'roln spool l/l l` rctard thcniovonicnt ol' thc lattci` hy lucans oll a Y-shapid hrakc Il() havingtwo springnicnihcrs Sill, adjustahly hold in contact with llangcs 27, hyin ans oll a sct-'scrcw 32, so that thc l'riction hrtwccn saidspringnninhrrs and thc llangcs may hc rrgulatrd as dcsircd, 'lhcrcarwardly projcoting arln S ol' thc. lrirtiinnlu'alu` has a soi-,hot31| snugly cnihraring a hall 35 so that said hralm may acconiinodatrilscllI to llangcs d7, conscducnlly il onc ol' said llangcsshould wcarl'astir than thc othcr tlul spring-nic|nhcrs l will coni innc to hcarwith cqual l'orcc thcrcon.

By making pawl l.) and lll(` l'rirti(n-hrako Y--shapcd so lhat lhcy willhcar at oppositcv cnds olI thcir rcspcctivc spools` thc lattcl will hchcld parallcl to cach othcr and causo thc rihhon to propcrly vind andunwind thcrol'roni, as tlu` wcar on thcil' hlalings will hc cdual. l

Whcn thc apparatus is applicd to a. structcar, as shown in Fig. l,rahlr. t) is guidcd toa lcvcr lt' hy incans ol' pullcys S7 lh so that itmay hc opcralcd hy a prdal t c xtcnding np- \\'ardly through platl'orinIl() ol tho car lll.

Hy arranging rahlcs N and t) as shown, it is ohvious that thc xnotornninmay opcratc thcI apparatus without having his attcntion dircclod lroniprospcrtivc passcngcrs or tho road in l'ront ol thc cal'.

Whcn thc` apparatus is applicd to thc cars ol' a passcngcr train, cahlcsH and .l will, prcl crahlyy hc attarhml lo cahlcs 4\.\'tcnding throughall ol" thc passcngcr cars so that thc apparatusy ol' cach car may hisinnlltancously opcratcd hy thc hral cinan or conductor whilc on any oncol' said cars. i

ln prartirc, an apparatus will ho placcd at cach'cnd ol' a rar,conscqiuntly whon said car is travcling in cithor diroction thoapparatus I in l'ronl ol' thc passcngcrs may hc opcratcd so l tnat thcattontion ol' said passengers will ha di|' \,ctcd, hy thc. phonsgaraph,to tho nanus oll thcI stroot-crossing's as thcy aro consccutivclyr shownhy thc display dcvioc.

Although l havc doscrihod and shown tho' apparatus appliod to a. oar, itmay ho usod l'ol. a varioty oll purposcs, for instaauzo, it

may ho uscd in dopots l'or announcing tho tilnc ol' thc arrival anddoparturc ol' trains;

it lnay also ho usod to advantago lor making an'nounoolncnts in thoatvrsor othor puhlic huildings.

'While l havo shown tho prclcrlod oonstriu-.tion ol` my invnntion l,ol'`oourso, 'rosorvo thc. right to inak such changos as vproperly l`allwithin tho spirit and scopo oltho appondod claims. l

-llaving thus dosi-.rihod my invrntion, what l claim and dcsiro tosocuro hy hotter latcnt, isis-- l. ln an apparatus ol thc charactordoscrihcd, a casing having an opcn'ing, spools iournalod in said casing,a rihhon arranged to hc altcrnatoly wound upon tho spools, said rihhoncontaining suitahly-spauod inl`orlnation to hc. co'nsocutivclydisplaycdat tho opmiing, incans l'or opor-ating tho spools, a hrako having twonuanhurs c'ngaging thcrnds ol onc oll said spools, a univcrsal iointupon` which thc hralw is lnountod so that its two nwnihcrs niay hcarwith oqnal prcssurc upon tho spool, and a dovioo l'or siinultanoouslyadjusting said nuunhcrs.

2. ln an ap|airatus ol" tho i-,haijam-.tcr dcscrihcd, a, casing havingan opr'ning, spools journalcd in saidfcasing, a. rihhon arrangcd toht:altcrnatoly' wound upon tho spools,said rihhon containingsuitahly-smccd inl'orination to hc consrcutivcly displa'ycd at thc.opcning, nuans l'or opcrating tlu` spools, a hralu having two rosilic'ntnunnhcrs cngaging thc cnds ol' ono ol` tho spools, a nnivcrsal jointupon which theI hrakc is niountodso that its two nicnihcrs lnay hcarwith cdual prcssurc upon thc spool, and a sct-scrcw lor sinnlltancouslyadjusting said nunihcrs` 2. ln anap|mratus oli tln` charactir dcscrihcda. display dcvicc consistingoll a casing having an opcning, spoolsjournalcd in said casing, llangcsl'ornud intcgral with llu` cnds oll oncol said spools, guiilwrollcrs iournalod in thc. casing ncar its opcning,a rihhon arrangcd to hcaltcrnalrly wound and unwound` l`ro|nthcspoolsand lravcl around thcguidcrollcrs, said rihhon containingsuitahly spar-cd nanus to ho consci-utivrly displaycd at tho opcning inthc casing, inrans I'or rotating thi` spools, spacing nicchanisni lorcontrolling thc rotation oll ilu` spoo"y so lhc lattcr will nuovo lhorihhon stcp oy slcp, distanccs rm'rispoinling to thosc at which thonaincs arc plat-,cd upon said rihhon, a Y-shapcd hralic having twospl'ii-ig-iucinhcrs hcaring against tho llangcs, a. hall and soclictlioi'nt conncoting said hralie to tho LOO caslng, vand a set-screw -foradjusting the held in engagement with said ratchet-Wheel, :o

brake. and a, cableattached to said paWl and the 4. in an appalaus ofthe character de. controlhng mechanism of thedsplay device. scribed, thecombmatlon ofaphcnograph arn testimony whereof I affx my signaranged tocal1aistofnames,a device for disture, in the presencel of two Witnesses.

vplaymg said names, a ratchet-Wheel mounted REUBEN EUBANK, J R. A-

upo'n themotor-shafbof the phonograph for Witnesses: the purpose ofstoping the phonograph af- F; G. FISCHER, ter it has lcalled eac name, apawl normally J; MOORE

